Caucasian

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʒən

Adjective

Wikipedia

Caucasian (comparative more Caucasian, superlative most Caucasian)

1. Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture.
2. (anthropology, archaic) Of a racial classification; pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, wavy or curly hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Western, Central and South Asia.
3. (US, of a person) White, being a white person: of European descent.

Translations

pertaining to the Caucasus region or people

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: قوقازي (ar) (quqazi) m
• Armenian: կովկասյան (hy) (kovkasyan)
• Azeri: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: кавказки (bg) (kavkázki)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: kavkazský (cs)
• Finnish: kaukasialainen (fi)
• French: caucasien (fr)
• Georgian: კავკასიური (ka) (kavkasiuri)

• German: kaukasisch (de)
• Greek: καυκασιανός (el) (kafkasiasnós)
• Ingush: please add this translation if you can
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kaukaski (pl) m
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt) m, caucasiana (pt) f
• Russian: кавказский (ru) (kavkázskij)
• Spanish: caucáseo (es) m
• Turkish: Kafkas (tr)

pertaining to the anthropological race

• Armenian: սպիտակամորթ (hy) (spitakamort')
• Azeri: please add this translation if you can
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: valkoihoinen (fi), valkoinen (fi)
• Georgian: კავკასიური (ka) (kavkasiuri)
• Greek: καυκασιανός (el) (kafkasiasnós)
• Lakota: wasicu

• Persian: قفقازی (fa) (qafqâzi)
• Polish: kaukaski (pl) m
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt) m, caucasiana (pt) f
• Russian: белый (ru) (bélyj), европейский (ru) (jevropéjskij), европеоидный (ru) (jevropeóidnyj)
• Spanish: caucásico (es) m
• Turkish: Kafkas (tr)

Noun

Caucasian (plural Caucasians)

1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
2. (anthropology, archaic) A member of the Caucasian racial classification.
3. A person of European descent, a white person.
   • 2008, Ridley Pearson, Killer View:

     The male Caucasian, twenty-four, a skier, was said to have been missing for over three hours.

4. (linguistics) A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area.
5. (humorous, bartending) The White Russian, a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Apparently originated in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Translations

member of Caucasian race

• Arabic: قوقازي (ar) (qawqāziyy) m, قوقازية (ar) (qawqāzíyya) f
• Cheyenne: vé'ho'e
• Chichewa: mzungu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白人 (cmn) (báirén), 白種人 (cmn), 白种人 (cmn) (báizhǒngrén)

• Chiricahua: dáadatł’ijénde, indaa, indaałigańde, indaałigaénde (Chiricahua); indaa’ (Mescalero)
• Czech: běloch (cs) m, europoid (cs) m
• Dena'ina: gasht’ana
• Finnish: valkoinen (fi), valkoihoinen (fi)
• French: Blanc (fr) m, Blanche (fr) f, Caucasien (fr) m, Caucasienne (fr) f
• Georgian: თეთრი რასა (ka) (t‘et‘ri rasa)
• German: Europide (de) m, Caucasoid (de) m, Weißer (de) m indef, Weiße (de) m and f m. def, f. def. and and indef., Kaukasier (de) m, Kaukasierin (de) f
• Gullah: buckruh
• Hawaiian: haole
• Italian: bianco (it)
• Japanese: 白人 (ja) (はくじん, hakujin)

• Jicarilla: Ma̠gáanii
• Karok: apxantínihich, simsimtâar, mákay
• Korean: 백인 (ko) (baek-in) (白人 (ko))
• Lakota: wasicu
• Maori: pākehā (mi)
• Navajo: bilagáana
• Ojibwe: ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔥ, zhaaganaash, waabishkiiwe
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt) m, caucasiana (pt) f
• Russian: белый (ru) (bélyj) m, белая (ru) (bélaja) f, европеец (ru) (jevropéjec), европейка (ru) (jevropéjka), европеоид (ru) (jevropeóid) m
• Spanish: caucásico (es) m
• Taos: phonsáyna
• Thai: คนผิวขาว (th) (kon pĭw-kăao)
• Turkish: Kafkas (tr)
• Vietnamese: người da trắng (vi), người trắng (vi)
• Western Apache: indaa, innaa
• Zulu: umlungu (zu) 1/2

native of the Caucasus region

• Arabic: قوقازي (ar) (qawqāziyy) m, قوقازية (ar) (qawqāzíyya) f
• Armenian: կովկասցի (hy) (kovkasc'i)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高加索人 (cmn) (Gāojiāsuǒ rén)

• Finnish: kaukasialainen (fi)
• French: Caucasien (fr) m, Caucasienne (fr) f
• Georgian: კავკასიელი (ka) (kavkasieli)
• German: Kaukasier (de) m, Kaukasierin (de) f

• Hebrew: קווקזי (he) (qavqazi) m, קווקזית (he) (qavqazít) f
• Japanese: カフカース人 (ja) (Kafukāsu-jin)
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt) m, caucasiana (pt) f
• Russian: кавказец (ru) (kavkázec), жительница Кавказа (ru) (žítel'nica Kavkáza) f
• Spanish: caucáseo (es) m
• Turkish: Kafkas (tr)

See also

• Historical race concepts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Historical race concepts